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Home/Bills/A 4265New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 4265: Requires sex offenders to register information no later than three days after any changes; requires local law enforcement to submit all change of address and internet access provider forms to the registry.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 4265 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill requires sex offenders to register with the division within three calendar days of any change of address, internet accounts, or enrollment status. This includes changes to internet access providers, internet identifiers, and enrollment, attendance, employment, or residence at any institution of higher education. A fee of $10 must be submitted each time a change is reported, but failure to pay the fee does not affect the registration process. Local law enforcement agencies are responsible for submitting change of address and internet access provider forms to the registry. The bill takes effect immediately.

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Last action: referred to correction (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to correction
Jan. 31, 2025referred to correction
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 31, 2025 · 303 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4265 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to sex offender regis- tration of change of address and internet accounts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 168-f of the correction law, as 2 amended by chapter 67 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 4. Any sex offender shall register with the division no later than 5 [ten] three calendar days after any change of address, internet accounts 6 with internet access providers belonging to such offender, internet 7 identifiers that such offender uses, or [his or her] their status of 8 enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at any institution of 9 higher education. A fee of ten dollars, as authorized by subdivision 10 eight of section one hundred sixty-eight-b of this article, shall be 11 submitted by the sex offender each time such offender registers any 12 change of address or any change of [his or her] their status of enroll- 13 ment, attendance, employment or residence at any institution of higher 14 education. Any failure or omission to submit the required fee shall not 15 affect the acceptance by the division of the change of address or change 16 of status. Local law enforcement shall submit all change of address and 17 internet access provider forms to the registry. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05566-01-5 
Text of A 4265 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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